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Learning to Customize

August 6, 2010

Little by little I’m learning how to customize my little ol’ blog here. Aside from the writing I’ve done, I’m getting some things done on the back-end. So far I’ve successfully: Changed my theme from Word Press Classic to Atahualpa (loving it, by the way). Installed some very helpful plug-ins. Changed a bunch of settings within my theme to make it look and function a little more to my liking. Completely re-did my categories. Learned to use FTP (what a headache!). :O Implemented some advertisement spots (not that I’ve made any money from them yet). Made a button to link to a website/forum that I love to pieces and spend FAR too much time on everyday. I also played around with Picnik to make a simple header. I kinda like the cartoon faces, it’ll do for now until I get a really good family photo to use instead. Go ahead and poke around for a bit. Let me know what you like or don’t like. Are there any features that I should start using? Any changes I should make? I’m open to constructive criticism.

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Scholarship Selection – It’s Tough!

May 11, 2010

The local Military Spouses Club that I am a member of offers a number of scholarships each year and yesterday I had the honor of being a part of the selection committee. We received applications from some very deserving, stellar students and it was a pleasure to read about the conscientious young men and ladies who requested the scholarships. When I volunteered to help read through the applications and choose some winners I hadn’t really thought about how much of an impact that would have on the students. Mind you, the spouses club isn’t offering full-ride scholarships or anything. They are each for a modest $1,000 – but to a student with a financial need, that covers at least books and fees for a year. As we started going through the essays and transcripts and discussing the varying merits of each student I found myself to be so thrilled to be in close company with a handful of very dedicated women, many either current or former teachers, who each had a deep well of concern for the students displayed before us. The care shown by these women really touched my heart. One of the scholarships came down to two...

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